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Textuality

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architextualitynounThe categories and properties of a literary genre that provide the textuality of an individual work.
textologynounThe critical study of a text's creation, transmission, and context.
text linguisticsnoun(linguistics) A branch of linguistics that explores texts as communication systems.
textualismnoun(law) A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text.
literaturologynoun(uncommon) The scholarly or scientific study of literature.
literary criticismnoun(literature) The study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature.
documentarismnoun(literature) The study of the writing or sourcing of texts.
lit.Abbreviation of literal. [Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.]
entextualisationnounA process of formal study of writings, removing texts from their context thus rendering them coherent, effective and memorable.
textologistnounA person engaging in textology.
artsnounThe humanities.
literary theorynoun(literature) The theory or the philosophy of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism
bibliometricsnounThe statistical analysis of texts, especially of published literature and especially of reference citations as semantically important connections between articles.
linguisticsnounThe systematic and scholarly study of language.
literaturenounThe body of all written works.
logocentrismnounThe assumption that language is a fundamental or objective means of referring to reality, or that all thought and perception is ultimately based on language.
stylisticsnoun(linguistics) The study of literary style, and how it changes within different contexts.
textual criticismnounA field of scholarly enquiry dedicated to reconstructing the oldest form(s) of a text that is or are possible to retrieve and to explaining any attested variants.
hermeneuticsnounThe study of interpretation, particularly concerning texts, meaning, and understanding. It originates from classical exegesis but was significantly developed in the modern period, especially in relation to phenomenology and existentialism. At its core, hermeneutics addresses the conditions of understanding and the processes by which meaning is constructed.
metalanguagenoun(linguistics, translation studies, critical theory) Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.

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